how to convert date into unix time in snowflake - snowflake-cloud-data-platform

I have a date in YYYY-MM-DD format and want to convert this in UNIX time in snowflake.
Function does this is MySQL:
UNIX_TIMESTAMP('1999-01-22')
MySQL output 916988400
How can I achieve the same in snowflake?

You can use the date_part function with epoch_second for the part:
select date_part(epoch_second, '1999-01-22'::timestamp);

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How to create query with format date DD-MM-YYYY

I have query database like this:
SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE start_date = '01-10-2016' //DD-MM-YYYY
But above code error and actually in database date format is YYYY-MM-DD.
So how to create query with format date DD-MM-YYYY?
A proper date column (data type date !) has no format. Then it's enough to get your data input for a date column right, use to_date() for non-standard input format like #Shiva posted. Or better yet, always provide date literals in ISO 8601 format 'YYYY-MM-DD' to begin with, which works with any locale setting.
If you are running a broken design with dates stored as text, then combine to_date() and to_char() to transform any valid date format into any other text format:
SELECT * FROM tbl
WHERE start_date = to_char(to_date('01-10-2016', 'DD-MM-YYYY'), 'YYYY-MM-DD');
May be you can use to_date function to convert the above format into the standard format.
For instance,
SELECT to_date('01-10-2016', 'DD-MM-YYYY');
----------
2016-10-01
1 row
https://www.techonthenet.com/postgresql/functions/to_date.php

How to convert date time format in SQL Server 2014

I'm using this query
SELECT convert(nvarchar(MAX), GETDATE(), 22) AS Date
Result: 08/05/16 12:23:08 PM
But I want result like this 8/5/2016 12:23:08 PM
dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss a
As of SQL Server 2012 the FORMAT function is available allowing you to specify the format of data types and is locale-aware so it will consider date formatting in relation to the session's language or optional culture parameter.
You can achieve your custom formatting like so: FORMAT(GETDATE(), 'd/M/yyyy hh:mm:ss tt')
Note your requested format dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss a is incorrect as in the case of single digits you want to remove zero padding i.e. 10/8/2016 not 10/08/2016. That's why in the format string I use only d and M.
Also, pay attention to #GarethD comment about the cost on larger datasets.
You could use the FORMAT function in T-SQL : https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh213505(v=sql.120).aspx
Here is the code :
SELECT FORMAT(GETDATE(), 'd/M/yyyy hh:mm:ss tt')

how to get data from Msql database that is stored in string format

i have stored date in string format in the MySQL database . i have to generate monthly(0-31) report of data but query gives wrong results because date is store in string format.... any one can tell me how to solve this problem and what will be the query.
Sql command for convert this:
SELECT convert(datetime, 'date here').
then convert it to a date type and not a string type. or else parse it into an date.
First hit on google: sql string in date:
http://www.sqlusa.com/bestpractices/datetimeconversion/

How to make SQL Server to save datetime with AM/PM format?

I'm trying to make my SQL Server table datetime columns save datetime with AM/PM. How to make SQL Server to save datetime with AM/PM format?
Right now it saves date like this: 2012-01-23 14:47:00.000
Is it possible to save it 2012-01-23 02:47:00.000 PM ??
Or does SQL Server save the date and time in this format (2012-01-23 14:47:00.000) all the time and I need to convert it just on output and input?
Is it even possible to save it in this format (2012-01-23 02:47:00.000 PM)? Or does SQL Server save datetime in 24 hour format?
thanks indeed for any help. sorry for language. ;)
Internally the date and time are stored as a number.
Whether it's displayed in a 12 or 24 hour clock is up to the program formatting it for display.
As Andrew said, Datetime format is stored not as string. so, you can use CONVERT function to get the datetime value in approprate format. for example,
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(20), GETDATE(), 100)
to learn more about datetime formatting, see this article
AM/PM serves only for visualization, if you need to display them, use CONVERT keyword:
SELECT CONVERT(varchar, YourDateTimeField, 109)
FROM YourTable
If you need to store AM/PM - it is makes no sense for datetime type, use varchar type instead.
You can simply use CONVERT function as following:
select CONVERT(VARCHAR,GETDATE(),108)
http://www.fmsinc.com/free/NewTips/SQL/AM_PM_time_format_in_SQL.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa226054
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kathykam/archive/2006/09/29/773041.aspx
Depending on the accuracy of the datetime you are storing you might be able to clean it up with
REPLACE(CONVERT (varchar, YourDateTimeField, 109), ':00.0000000', ' ')
This will not work if your date field is populated with GETDATE() as that means it will contain seconds and milliseconds but it will work if the field is populated by a user and seconds and milliseconds are all zeros

Sql server getdate() convert problem

Hey I have time column and datatype date.. default value is getdate() but this return format like 2011-04-24
but I want like 24.04.2011 How can I convert that format?
what is the value format?
Getdate() is a datetime. That has no specific format. If you want a specific format you must convert it into a varchar.
select convert(varchar(10),getdate(),104)
There's more info on the different conversion codes here.
An SQL Server date column does not have an associated format.
You can specify a format when converting a date to a varchar column. See the MSDN page for convert. From MSDN, 104 is mm.dd.yyyy, so you could:
select convert(varchar(12),getdate(),104)
This prints 24.04.2011.

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